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Title: Eudora Welty’s Christmas Eggnog
Post by: mountaineer on December 21, 2022, 10:52:30 pm
Get yer Christmas cheer on (in a literary fashion)!
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Eudora Welty’s Christmas Eggnog
A family holiday recipe
By Emily Wallace
December 19, 2014

“I haven’t given a thought to Christmas,” Eudora Welty wrote to her agent Diarmuid Russell in 1947, “except where to get a little whiskey for the eggnog. Better stir the brain.” Nevermind a casserole: Welty’s signature offering was a strong pitcher of nog. “We could always depend on that,” says her niece, Mary Alice White. “Eudora always brought it.”

Welty inherited the recipe from her mother, Chestina, who in turn gave credit to Charles Dickens. ...
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Title: Re: Eudora Welty’s Christmas Eggnog
Post by: mystery-ak on December 21, 2022, 11:45:47 pm
My eggnog

Carton of eggnog ice cream

Jug of liquid eggnog....mix couple of scoops of ice cream with about a cup of the liquid...add a shot or two of bourbon...mix in blender...I like mine thick like a shake and top with nutmeg...yum